The Seventh Winter Storm arrived in Mexico

The Cold Front Number 31 entered the northwest of Mexico and gave rise to the Seventh Winter Storm from the season, which will be located over northwestern Mexico, and will interact with instability in the upper atmosphere, conditions that will cause showers (from 5.1 to 25 millimeters [mm]), and wind of 60 to 70 kilometers per hour (km / h).

These systems will cause heavy rains (25 to 50 mm) in Baja California, showers in northwestern Sonora and isolated rains in Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila and Nuevo León. A low pressure channel, in interaction with the entry of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, will generate isolated fogs and rains in Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tamaulipas and Veracruz.

Meanwhile, they will continue with Minimum temperatures of -10 to -5 degrees Celsius and frosts at dawn mountainous areas of Baja California, Chihuahua, Durango and Sonora; Conditions for frost and temperatures of -5 to 0 degrees Celsius in the peaks of Coahuila, State of Mexico, Hidalgo, Puebla and Tlaxcala, and from 0 to 5 degrees Celsius in the northern mountains of Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz and Zacatecas. The states mentioned will have conditions for morning frosts.

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After noon, temperatures are forecast maximums of 35 to 40 degrees Celsius in municipalities of Chiapas, Colima, the southwest of the State of Mexico, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán and Oaxaca.

Wind is estimated with gusts of 70 to 80 km / h and dust collectors in Chihuahua and Durango; gusts of 50 to 60 km / h in Baja California, Campeche, Sonora, the coasts of Yucatán, Zacatecas and the Gulf of California, as well as significant swells of 2 to 3 meters high on the western coast of Baja California.

Intervals of showers with strong punctual rains (25 to 50 mm): Baja California. Intervals of showers (5.1 to 25 mm): Sonora (northwest).

Isolated rains (0.1 to 5.0 mm): Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Puebla, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz and Chiapas. Possible snow fall or sleet: Sierra Norte de Baja California. Heavy rains and showers could be accompanied by electric shocks and strong gusts of wind during storms.

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Minimum temperatures of -10 to -5 ° C with frosts: Mountainous areas of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua and Durangor. Minimum temperatures of -5 to 0 ° C with frosts: Mountainous areas of Zacatecas, Hidalgo, State of Mexico, Puebla and Tlaxcala. Minimum temperatures of 0 to 5 ° C and possible frosts: Mountainous areas of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Aguascalientes, Michoacán and Veracruz.

Maximum temperatures of 35 to 40 ° C: Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas and State of Mexico (southwest).

Wind gusting to 70 at 80 km / h and dust collectors: Chihuahua and Durango. Wind with gusts of 50 to 60 km / h: Gulf of California, Baja California, Sonora, Zacatecas, coasts of Campeche and Yucatán. Waves of 2 to 3 meters of significant height: Western coast of Baja California.

Valley of Mexico: Partly cloudy sky during the day, with no probability of rain in Mexico City and the State of Mexico. Cool atmosphere at dawn and warm in the afternoon. East and southeast wind from 10 to 25 km / h with gusts of 30 km / h. In Mexico City, a maximum temperature of 24 to 26 ° C and a minimum of 10 to 12 ° C is forecast. For the capital of the State of Mexico, maximum temperature of 22 to 24 ° C and minimum of 1 to 3 ° C.